The presenters note two problems with that analogy:
1. Creator: created:: plantation owner: slave??
2. What's notable is that God does not, as a rule, get out the noose when the slaves rebel. Even in the Adam and Eve story, God promises them death for disobedience but doesn't actually slay the disobedient - no one dies until one human being sees fit (against God's sage advice) to kill another.
The problem is not that we have to regard a morally dubious God and pretend that He is actually wonderful. The problem is coming to terms with our inevitable ignorance and confusion in the face of a transcendent God (whose morals we are probably obliged to find doubtful at one point or another).
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1. Creator: created:: plantation owner: slave??
2. What's notable is that God does not, as a rule, get out the noose when the slaves rebel. Even in the Adam and Eve story, God promises them death for disobedience but doesn't actually slay the disobedient - no one dies until one human being sees fit (against God's sage advice) to kill another.
The problem is not that we have to regard a morally dubious God and pretend that He is actually wonderful. The problem is coming to terms with our inevitable ignorance and confusion in the face of a transcendent God (whose morals we are probably obliged to find doubtful at one point or another).